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English · Grade 5

Analyze Claims and Reasons

Learners take apart a student newspaper article that argues for a school garden: they find the author's point, connect each reason to the evidence that supports it, separate facts from opinions, spot evidence that does not fit, and judge how well each reason is supported. A new speech to a town council checks transfer.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 85 minutes
  • Claims and reasons check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Identify the point (claim) an author or speaker is making and summarize it with its main reasons.
  • Explain which reasons and evidence support which point in a text.
  • Distinguish facts from opinions and recognize evidence that is not relevant to a reason.
  • Judge and explain in writing how well an author supports a point, naming strong and weak support.

Lessons

  1. What is the author's point? 6 steps3 practiceabout 20 min
  2. Which evidence supports which reason? 5 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  3. Facts, opinions and sentences that don't fit 5 steps4 practiceabout 22 min
  4. How well is the point supported? 4 steps2 practiceabout 21 min
  5. Claims and reasons check 8 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Memory LanternsFlip glowing lanterns to find pairs that belong together.
  • Sentence TheatreYour words direct the show: change a word and the stage changes too.
  • Missing ChapterA page has gone missing. Use the clues to put the right one back.

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